Author: Sydney Robinson

Why the Effort to Recruit Dwayne Johnson for President is a Dumb, Bad Idea

Why the Effort to Recruit Dwayne Johnson for President is a Dumb, Bad Idea

Posted by | Jul 10, 2017 | |

A political organization filed with the FEC on Sunday was created to recruit Dwayne -formerly known as “the Rock” – Johnson to run for political office and it is a clear sign that America’s obsession with celebrity presidents has gone too far. Listen, I get it – Dwayne Johnson is a nice enough guy and you think “Well, at least he’s not Trump!” But contrary to the turnout of the last election, Americans are allowed to vote for people other than movie and television celebrities – in fact, we are free to vote for experienced, qualified politicians to lead...

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Senator Bernie Sanders Has a Clintonite Democratic Primary Challenger

Senator Bernie Sanders Has a Clintonite Democratic Primary Challenger

Posted by | Jul 10, 2017 | , |

Like just about any other prominent political voice on both sides of the aisle, there is an eager candidate ready and willing to take the Senate seat belonging to Senator Bernie Sanders for his own in 2018. Announcing his candidacy last Friday, Jon Svitavsky made it clear that his was a mission to regain the dignity of the Democratic party by ousting progressives. Svitavsky’s political argument is based on one issue and one issue only – he believes Sanders is solely responsible for Donald Trump’s presidency. Yeah, right. The Clinton loyalist is attempting to turn the tired old defenses...

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Australian Anchor Offers Blistering Evaluation of Trump at G20 Summit

Australian Anchor Offers Blistering Evaluation of Trump at G20 Summit

Posted by | Jul 10, 2017 | |

While the American media continues to grapple with how to properly cover President Trump and his administration in the face of unprecedented corruption and hostility, neighbors in fellow nations have no such restrictions. As a result, a news anchor from Australia was able to succinctly, blisteringly offer his honest view of the American president during last week’s G20 Summit. In a brief two-minute clip, Australian Chris Uhlmann, editor at Australian Broadcast Corporation, said that the American president “diminished his nation,” as well as “alienat[ing] his allies.”   Wow. This analysis of Trump from an Australian reporter is quite something....

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Betsy DeVos’s Department of Education Now Being Sued By 18 States

Betsy DeVos’s Department of Education Now Being Sued By 18 States

Posted by | Jul 7, 2017 | , |

18 of the 50 states in the U.S. have joined together in a lawsuit against the Department of Education and its leader, Secretary Betsy DeVos over what appears to be a blatant bias toward for-profit schools. The 18 states have a simple complaint: DeVos has as of yet refused to implement an Obama-era rule which would allow students who are victimized by scam schools to have an easier route to loan forgiveness. The Borrower Defense Rule was proposed and negotiated in response to for-profit “Schools” Conrintian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute were forced to shut down hundreds of facilities...

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Some Relief: Number of Opioids Prescribed Is Falling

Some Relief: Number of Opioids Prescribed Is Falling

Posted by | Jul 7, 2017 | , , |

As America wakes up to the growing issue with opioid addiction taking thousands of lives each year, it seems change is finally taking place at the source – the number of opioids being prescribed has fallen in the last two years for the first time in as many decades. According to information gathered by the New York Times, in 2016, the number of opioid prescriptions given out in the year fell for the first time since their rise to popularity two decades ago. Since then, the number has continued to fall thanks to continued awareness on the part of...

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